The Adventure of English
EndedIMDb 8.6/10
Documentary·2003·1 Seasons
The history of the English language presented by Melvyn Bragg; from its modest beginnings around 500 AD as a minor Germanic dialect to its rise as a global language.
Starring: Melvyn Bragg
Episodes
Season 1
S01 | E01
Birth of a Language
2003-11-06
S01 | E02
English Goes Underground
2003-11-06
S01 | E03
The Battle for the Language of the Bible
2003-11-13
S01 | E04
This Earth, This Realm, This England
2003-11-13
S01 | E05
English in America
2003-11-20
S01 | E06
Speaking Proper
2003-11-20
S01 | E07
The Language of Empire
2003-11-27
S01 | E08
Many Tongues Called English, One World Language
2003-11-27
Cast
Melvyn Bragg